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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Chalepini » Microrhopala » Microrhopala arizonica
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Odontota? but which one? - Microrhopala arizonica
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Odontota? but which one? - Microrhopala arizonica
Carr Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
August 15, 2009
Can't find a match in CL Staines 'Hispine Beetles'
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 7 September, 2009 - 6:37pm
Last updated 11 November, 2019 - 12:16am

Moved
Moved from Microrhopala arizonica.
… margarethe brummermann, 11 November, 2019 - 12:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chalepini.
… margarethe brummermann, 9 September, 2009 - 11:54pm login or register to post comments

Pentispa suturalis (Baly)
Looks like my specimens of Pentispa suturalis (Baly). I was lucky enough to have gotten to Arizona for the first time this May and collected several species of this group. Your specimen looks just like the one figured in Staines book, but his book has figure 61 miss labeled as Pentispa mor*io (Fabricius). It is a somewhat difficult group because the characters used in his keys are confusing.
… Kyle Schnepp, 9 September, 2009 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, that is the one
I thought fits best, except that the decription says that the elytra are mainly black...
I did find them on Seep Willow (Baccharis sp) which is described as the host.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/margarethebrummermann/3603753288/in/set-72157614789805377/
… margarethe brummermann, 9 September, 2009 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

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… margarethe brummermann, 9 September, 2009 - 1:05am login or register to post comments

Looks related to Microrhopala Vittata
Lots of beetles on golden rod
… Mr. Johan Maertens, 7 September, 2009 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

 
M. vittata is an eastern sp.
we havw M. rubrolineata here, but that one is black with thin red lines.
… margarethe brummermann, 7 September, 2009 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

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